| aberration |
a deviation from what is considered normal or right; irregularity. |
| asterisk |
a sign (*). It is used to show that there is other information on the page that explains the information where the sign is placed. |
| avow |
to assert or affirm. |
| centripetal |
forced or moving inward toward a center point or axis. |
| cravat |
a scarf or band of cloth tied loosely about the neck. |
| cynosure |
a thing or person that is the center of attention and admiration. |
| debouch |
to advance out of a confined or narrow space such as a canyon into open country. |
| exegesis |
a critical explanation or interpretive analysis, especially of religious texts. |
| gullible |
believing almost anything; easily tricked. |
| harbinger |
someone or something that signals or foreshadows a later arrival or occurrence; herald; forerunner. |
| immiscible |
not able to be mixed or blended. |
| inveigle |
to entice or ensnare by clever talk or flattery. |
| peripatetic |
walking or traveling around; going from place to place; itinerant. |
| tort |
in law, any civil rather than criminal harm or injury that violates the implicit duty of each citizen not to harm others, and for which one may bring a civil suit and collect compensation. |
| triage |
a system of determining priority of medical treatment, on the basis of need, chances of survival, and the like, to victims on a battlefield or in a hospital emergency ward. |